I take 25 mg of Zoloft rx'd for anxiety. Can this cause hot flashes? I do get night sweats off and on but yesterday was the first time I had a hot flash. Thank goodness it was a cool day outside! Any help is much appreciated.


Stephanie

I got hot flashes from taking Lexapro which is an SSRI like Zoloft. They went away after a few days. I know that they are definitely a side effect of the medication.

Maura

I got a few hot flashes when I started citalopram but they wore off after a couple of weeks and it now seems to have stopped the ones I was getting before I started it. I know that hot flashes can be a side effect - increased sweating etc. too.

How long have you been taking it? If it's early days maybe the effect will wear off.

G

Apparently they can. My dd just read this and said she used to get them! Her ears would turn bright red!

I have been taking my Zoloft for over 3 weeks so I find it strange to just now be getting them. I did take Prozac weeks before the Zoloft and I know I had hot flashes with the Prozac along with every other side effect. But I am only taking 25 mgs. of Zoloft which is such a low dose. Go figure. I think I am just in the beginning stages of peri-menopause (even thought my doc thinks I am nuts). My mother started in her 30's and finished at 48. I am almost 40. But how else do you explain the dryness, thinning hair, anxiety, GI problems, heart palpatations/PVC's, internal tremors and occasional night sweats?


Thanks!

Stephanie